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Well.Built Christians.

A well-built Christian is harmonious
in all his parts. No one trait shames
another. He is not tumble of incon-
sistencies, to-day liberal to one cause,
tomorrow niggardly to another: to-
day fiuentin prayer, tomorrow fluent
in polite falsehOods. He does not keep
the fourth commandment on Sunday
and break the eighth on Monday. He
does not shirk an honest debt to make
huge donation. He is not in favor of
temperance for other folks, and glass
of toddy for himself. He does not ex-
hort or pray at each of the few meet.
ings he attends to make up arrearages
for the meeting which he neglects:
He does not consume his spiritual fuel
during revival seasons so that he IS as
cold as Nova Zembla during the rest of
the time; nor does his spiritual fervor
ever out-run his we'll ordered conver-
sation. -Cuylcr.
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shall be subject to five years imprlsoh-
ment or Il ono fine, or both. (This is,
presumably, the maximum penai't
named il the billy There is, without
doubt, legislation i'll this direction
needed in every State, because, sor-
,rowfully truthful is the alieSali0n
which has been extensively made oy
the Christian women Of the land, to
wit: awe call attention to the dis-
graceful fact that protection OF the per-
son Is not placed 10y our laws upon so
high Il plane IL protection OF the
Nurse" \ single instance: "ln New
York. yesterday, on their conVicl'"h
of robbery, W. Il. - Hnd M.
NcD---, yoyng criminals, were sem
fenced 10 Sing Sing for ten years eacii.
The aeyragate value Of the .hooty oE,
toiucd by them was less than So"
/ Pcy *oatiIi: The keeper of a saloon IN
This city, of known low character, a
man of middle age, pleading guilty TO
the charge of issuing advertising cards
unon which there was printed IAN
language of too indecent character
I 20 be read aloud, was simply hhcd Soo
and costs, and permitted to walk out
of the court.
Would such shameless offence
against decency have been harshly
dealt with, had the perpetrator been
punished with the maximum penalty
allowed by our lava fine of 5000 and
4 single wears imprisonment? Would
not purity have been better estimated
in this community, and would not wo,
mans virtue have thenccforward had
an additional safeguard thrown around
it, had the heinous offence in question
been visited with penalty identical
to that laid upon the two lads-"incor-
riciblesn though they may have been,
who, for thievery. were given ten
wears within the walls of Sing sing?
! Likewise. q young man Ill his Teens,
for fvlonious assault upon female,
NAV VERY JUSTLY be punished by I'M
prisonment for term of four years or
inward: but on the other hand, is
that by any means an edeqrate pun
ishment which merely fines a man,
mature i'm years and in the ways of
vice. fifty dollars or twice fifty dollars
/ for spreading abroad printed or picto-
rial matter which directly incltcS T."
the l,rrpctration nf tcI"ni"l> assaults
and other Offences against purity: lt
il verify So, this wnman's cry wh'rh
o,lwh, 10 ring in the ears, and r"lI-
science. and arouse the right SENS" OF
every Judge and lawmakcr in the
land, that "protection OF the person
iGi. G., the virtue of Woman] is not
placed by our laws upon so high q
blame as protection of the purse"
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Be Strong, O Heart.

Re strong to bear, o heart OF mine,
Faint not when sorrows come;
The smmmits of these hills of earth
Touch the blue skies of home.
So many burdened ones there are
Close toiling by thy side.
Assist, encourage, comfort them,
Thine own deep anguish hide.
What though thy trials may seem great
Thy strength is known to God,
And pathways steep and rugged LEAD
To pastures green and broad.
BE strong to love, . heart OF mine.
Live not for self alone;
But find, in blessing other lives,
Completeness for thine own.
Seek every hungerinS heart 10 feed,
Each saddened neart to cheer:
And where stern justice stands alooi
In mercy draw thou near.
True. loving words and helping hands
Have won more souls for heaven
Than all mere dogmas and mere creedS
By priests or sages given.
Be strong to hope, o heart of mine,
Look not on life's dark side;
For lust beyond these gloomy hours
Rich, radiant days abide.
Like hope, like summers rainbow DrlShl
Scatter thy falling tears,
And let Gods precious promises
Dispel thy anxious fears.
For every grief JOY VIII COME
For every toll a rest;
So hope, SO love. SO patient oetr-
God doeth all things best.
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Two hundred and sixty-one new Eng
li>h saints will be added to the calendar
OH the OCCASION of the Pope's Jubilee.
They will consist Of the English martyrs
from the fifteenth to the seventeenth
century. Well, if Protestants were 10
establish an order ofsaits, and include
all those that the Roman Catholic Church
slew because they would not submit to it,
there would be. at moderate calcula-
tion, more than one saint for every second
Of time in the year.
The Thirteenth Annual Session of the
South Carolina Stale Press Association,
will convene in Charleston OH Thursday
evening, June, I'd, 1887, at o'clock.
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Every man has to consider his tenn
perameDt when engaged in his work,
and particularly when thinking of his
religious duty. The man OF stern,
austcre or violent disposition has need
TO guard against too great rigor, while
the one Of tender, gentle feeling is re-
uuired to be on his watch lest he he
come 50 complaisant as to lie unf; ith-
ful. The former is likely to injure
himself and his work by dispropor-
tionate contention over trilies, and the
latter by an easy-going way of treating
things that are very important. Some
OF the Theological wanderings OF the
pefiOI are not the result Of new life
from the Scriptures. but the effect of
the growing kindliness of Christian
society. The thought Of eternal pun
ishment is disagrceable, and therefore
it is not indulged in.
When anybody gets to thinkiD' a
good deal of anybody else, why, ii
don't make so much difference about
yourself; the other one stands first.
If YOU kin see the other one happy,
you don't know any difference betwixt
lhatan' bein' happy yourself; am if
you kin only do something to maze
the other one happy, why, it comes he
fore anything else. That's jest the
way feel. I've got dedicated up to
it. t.-ChriStidn Union.
Not a day passes over the earth but
men and women of no note do great
deeds, speak great words, and suffer
noble sorrows. OF these obscure he
roes, philosophers and martyrs. the
greater part will never be known till
that hour when many that were great
shall be small, and the small great.
"Io work rightly, to work effectual-
ly. we must work from God, conscious
", faithfully. piously, from God. His
Christ must be our leader; His Spirit
our law, His will our motive. Not as
Of ourselves alone, but out of Him
must our power come"
God eiveth grace TO the humble. He
pours it out plentifully on humble
hearts. His sweet dews and showers
slide off the mountains, and fall on
the low valley of humble hearts, and
make them pleasant and fertile.
Near The close of his life. Patrick
Henry laid his hand OH the Bible. and
said to friend, "Here is book worth
more than all others; yet it is my mis-
fortune never to have read it with pro-
per attention until lately"
He is not the friend of man th"t
would not do all that in him lies TO
give force and energy to the spirit of
peace, and who would not rejoice to
see it infuse itself into the councils of
nations.
Where there is much mire it causes
the foot even of an elephant to slip.
e., the most pious and abstinent are in
danger Of fallin" into vice, if they go
in the way Of temptation.
The art of exalling lowliness and
giving greatness to little things is one
of the noblest functions Of genius.
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p. 3. SPEED,
Get the Best.

WARRANTED for years. The New High
Eg Arm Davis, Vertical Feed Sewing Ma
,iIiue 80 ono else allowed TO sell them in
Ahbcvillc county. Write TO me for prices. l
sell the New Domc:tIc, the New American.
Thc hest Srcrrn Sewing Machine Oil, Nee >
&C., for all Machines. | offer the best ...-i
i.iirapest stock of Furniture. CotlinS, &c, in
the county. HENRY j. KINARD, Agt,
March 80, 1851, I'm Ninety-SiX. >. Z.
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Mortality Among E.iYEOr Sellers.

The London Post IlnGd=inc las the fol-
lowing report of Mr., Wallace's paper he
fore the Actuarial Society OF Edinburgh
on the rate Of mortality arnong liquor
sellers:
The last meeting of tho Actuarial So
ricty of Edinburgh for the present session
was held April Sth, Mr.. Sorlev i'll the
chair, when an interesting paper WAS read
by Mr.. Wallace, +. i. A., actuary Of the
North British and Mercantile insurance
company, "On the rate of mortality
among liquor Sellers Mr.. Wallace said
that of all the hazardous occupations that
of the liquor soller-a term which he used
to denote any person engaged in the re-
failing of intoxicating drinks one of
the most fatal. The reports of the regis
trar general concluSivcly showed that the
mortality of persons OF this class :S up
wards Of fifty per cent: higher than that
Of the general population, and the cXpc-
rience 0fthose insurance companies which
have been published, the Scottish -Nmira-
BILE Standard, and Law Life, confirm this.
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Gratitude.

AS the branches Of tree return
their sap to the root from whence it
arose as river poureth. Iris stream to
the sea, f'om whence Ills spring was
supplied, so the heart of q grateful
man d, lghteth in returning q benefit
received.
He arkaow.ch%plh his obligation
with cipc.lulnc#s he lD0ieth on his
bcmcf,ctnr with love and esteem.
And if 10 rctur!i it be not in his pow
G., he nnu:i~hr:h the memory Of it i'll
his breast with Kindness; he forget
t@lh il NOT all thr days Of his life.
The hand Of ihe generous man Is
like the clouds nt heaven, which drop
upon the earth fruit, heritage, and
flowers the heart Of the ungratefnl is
like a descr; of sand, which swallow
eth with greedincss the showers that
fall, but burieth them in its bosom,
and produceth nothing.
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Who thinks of being thankful for qcr-
sonal deformitics? A celebrated actress
said she owed her ugly face great deal
of gratitude. 1t kept her frcm many a
perilous temptation. She recognized il
and was uot only contented hut thankful.
Yet how strangely it sounds in woman
to return thanks for her ugliness. With
equal wisdom many a man might return
thanks for his obscurity and poverty. In
these alone is his safety. 4 Lottery ticker
that has freed the mechanic from the
necessity OF daily toll has FASTENED his
ruin morally and spiritually. Many a
preacher Of the gospel, now faithful and
untiring in his efforts ~ do good, would
become cipher in the church if he were
to inherit a fortune. There have been
practical illustrations Of this in preachers
marrying rich wivcs.--i. II. PrcSbWcri-
an.
TROUBLES OF HIGH CHURCHMEN.-On
a recent Sunday morning rather AN
extraordinary scene was witnessed at st.
John the Babtist's Church, Liverpool.
The vicar, as he entered, was seen to
carry Ii GIFTED taper in his hand. lie
Immediately lit the candles on the altar.
The church"wardens, who were sitting in
front of the chancel rails, stepped forward
and put out the lights. The vicar lit the
candles second time, and us soon as they
were lit the church-wardens advanced
and blew out the lights. The vicar did
not light them third time. The service
then proceeded without "altar lights"
Wherever England has pushed her COIL
quests she has introduced the liquor
traffic. Already a brewery is being crec-
ted in Mandalay, the capital Of Bnrmah,
SO recently captured by tie british
troops.
a bill prohibiting thG nSe Of stoves oil
passenger trains after November Isl was
passed by the New York Assembly.
Tho Lancaster RcOicm says the chIIrh
bug is entirely destroying whole fields
of small grain in Lancaster county.
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N Office.

1 IT, real estate owners :in.i l"Sr.< al land
n In Abbeville county are'rcnuired by an
act Of the Legislature known as the drainage
act TO remove in the months Of May and All
gust in each year all trash, trees, RATS and
timber from the running streams through
their land. All persons subject to provisions
of this law will proceed at once to conf form to
its requirements. By order of the Board.
J. r. PARKS,
Clerk b. e. e.
Abbev!le, S. c., May 9, 1887. 2t.
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Death Rates for February.

Following is list Of n number Of cities
and the annual death rate for the month
of February last as complied by the Sdn-
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IT WILL PlI YOU

IT you propose going West or North
West, to write to ME. represent the
Short Line.
FRED. ID. BUSH, ID. =. A.,
Nov. 3 1886, GIN. Atlanta, Ga.
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INSURANCE LICENSE.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT..
OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER GENERAL,
COLUMBIA, S. C., Sept. q, 1856

COLUMBIA, s. C., Sept. "a, 1856.
| CERTIFY, That Mr.. ]. T. PARKS. OF
q bbeville, Agent Of THE CHEASAPEAkE
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, incorpora.
ted by the District Of Columbia, has compiled
with the acquisitions of the Act of the Gen.
eral Assembly entitled "An Act to regulate
the Agencies of Insurance Companies not in.
coiporated In the Stale of South Carolina u
and hereby license the said Mr.. j. +. Parks,
Agent aforesaid, to take risks and transact all
business of Insurance in this State, in the
County OF Abbeville, for and In behalf of said
Company.
Expires March 3lst, 1857.
w. F.. STONEY.
Comptroller General.
April I, 1856.
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Shrink Your Tires.

THE attention of OWNERS OF WAGONS.
BUGGIES, CARRIAGES and all kinds OF
vehicles is called to the importance Of having
their TIRES SHRUN1i in the best manner
when they need it. If you want your TIRES
SHRUNK call on LEWIS RICH El, who has
one of the latest improved HRlNkERS,
and will do Your work i'm the best possible
manner and ut prices to suit the times:
LEWIS RlCHEY.
May !, 1885,, I'm
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Threshing Machinery.

REV uR SECOND HAND. Satisfaction
IN gnar;,ntecd. For terms apply ny letter Ia
+. VI. iT'rHt.WS.
May H. lS>., 1T kirksry'S. -.
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We are Sole Agents

NOR THE "ELECTRIC'' CUTLERY. Scis-
Il sors, Shears, RaZnrS and Knives; abso-
lutrly the best goods ever Offered TO custo-
mcrs. II The ladies will give the "Elcctric'
s;k4ars and Scissors and the gentlemen the
"kleciric" R;,ZorS trial they will not have
any thing e:sc. Look but for our handsome
ter our store. .
w. JOEL SMITH & SON.
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COffins at Lowndesville.

7 w. SIGN has COFFINS 1T Iowndesville
j, in care of DR.. j. b. MOSELi. The
lIe;lrsc will be sent from .Abberillc when re-
Qurrd.
Abbevillc, May -, 1856. If
Daily Republican., 1887-01-17
Nav CoaAf Deienoks.

A British expert on coast fortth-
cations has been giving his ideas
through the London Times, which, IL
adopted and brought in;o practical use
with success, will work an entire revo-
luton In sea coast deiences. A. first
sight his plan seems reasonable, but Its
fual success can only be established by
the most severe tests. This ex BERT, re-
ferrsd to, would do away entirely with
costly coast defences and Notifications
In the shape OF forts, and would conhne
the needed deiences to . disappearing
gun system, which can be applied to
the heaviest guns made. His plan Is TO
sink pits on the coast where extensive
forts are projected for the reception OF
the guns. When In action 1t Is raised
by q sort OF hydraulic elevator, and
after firing sinks into The pit again to
BE- reloaded. Thus II Is exposed for only
few s3conjs. When in the pit II car
only be hit by n vertical or plungin e
fee, aid the likelihood OF such sho,
striking their mark Is infinitely small
Covered ways shelter The men who losc
the gun SO that the enemy has praoti'
cAliy nothing to alm at. A gun ope-
rated IN this fashion commands a widel
area than when mounted N fort. b,
means OF electricity the gun can b.
raised, lowered, trained ard discharged
by one man N position OF safety
hupdre1 yards, or even mile away.
This, It is said, has actually been &C
nplishe5, and the ex pert says partie
are at work on q plan whereby losdip
the gus can also be operated by ele'
tricity. This will insure the workin
of the gun from safe distance. To
expert says farther, in defence OF b
system, that when tortia ,stions are di
pensed with there will be more none
left for heavy guns, submarine min
and tor pedae The plan 10 urged
being peculiarly adapted TO the Unite
States, as the great distance fro
Europe would mako 1t extremely DIFF
cult for European nations to use fra
class iron clads 80 far sway from the
bases.
Daily Republican., 1887-01-17

10 Monnow viii end NE gubsz.a-
tostal ssru u 0ovssaos espskisy, aad|
IL adalnistsAtioa ef 0ovsRnoe BieGp|
viii commence. 80 fAs - ~ Rsput-
lisAus ere concerned 0ovssnos otocklsy|
sstirss fron his oAlos without . stain
upou HE escutcheou. His honesty has
never bssn assailsd, nor HE character
malignsd By Rsosblieana Wss u not
fos his Own party hs voald rsAtre 10 ths
shades Of private life, 70 enjoy the
pleasures Of IL sunset without IN intsr-
vsning cloud. The only shadow thst
crosses the outgoing 0overnor's path
way came froa the Democratic thunder
cloud. Rspnblioans have the ccnsola.
ton Of knowing that no action Of thsiEi
caused Governor Ssockley unhapp!nesa.
From their stand point he has made ~
good Q Governor Of the State - any Of
his predecessor.
Governor BIgss will take up vhers
Governor Stocklsy left on. Tue Demo
cratic easrrsls have not been settled
and Mr.. Bisgs sesms likely 70 have th'
same pillow OF thorns upon which 4
lay his bead. We are amongst thoss
Who believe that Governor Biggs vii
make an exceptionally good Governor,
but the only genuine and hearty on
dorsement OF his Aetions, II they ar'
honest and dislnterested. Will b from
the Republican, Of the State. Uneasy
10 the head Of the man who wears sA'
crown OF . Delaware Governor.
Daily Republican., 1887-01-17
The Desc, ting seamen.


William Stever =, James Smith and
John Salander, the three seamen who
left the schooner Eurman l.. Milford
at New Castle last Friday, on the
ground oil alleged illsrsstmert, and
were arreeted in this city, had h,ar.
ing before United States Com Missioner
Smith on Saturday ard were com
mitted to New Castle jail. The men
soy tina, they were 10 receive SIS I'D
vance money, but claim that tie Cap
tain lad some arrangement with their
boarding master by which they failed
10 see the money. Also, that every
order they received on the vessel Wa
given with curse Not wishing tC
submit 70 such conduct they according
ly left the vessel.
Captain Little, who Is the owner a.
we'll as the master OF the schooner
says the men were allotted their i'd
vance morey, and 1t was with theil
consent that he paid the boarding n as
ter's bill out Of II. he aleo says tha
tue men expressed themselves rs salts
| ned with their contract the day the yes
rel loft port. The Captain went Il
Phtladelpnis on Saturday to state hi
case 10 the shipping Com missioner aDt
try to get new men. II lie Ia unsuc
oessful he vows that be will take tn
deser ters II be has TO rut them in Iron
on board the vessel
Daily Republican., 1887-01-17

THE FIRM STAND taken by the Irish
tenants against evictlons Is having its
eject. Viscoupt Dillon, wealthy
land owner In Ireland, after having Is.
sued Eve hundred writs OF ejec,meut
azalns. his tenants, has turned suddeu-
" Around and consented TO . reduction
OF twenty per cent. In his rents, to pay
the costs OF the writs he had issued and
TO rein state the tenants he had evicted.
The full extent and meaning OF such q
sudden change Of front Is only fully ex.
planned when 1t Is said that IL was made
by the pressure o! the government be-
Ing brought TO bear upon the Vlscount.
As fears for sheir own safety in the
event OF coercion bill being iutro-
duced has prompted the members OF
III government to take this step they
. . not entitled to much credit, bu: the
m IN bers OF the Irish Parliament party
may congratulate themselves that by
Auzurating their peculiar plan OF cam
pa,gp, they have su oceeded In wrestling
con sessions which may prepare thu
way for grsnts OF more extended
character. IL was fear that bel pes
Enzlsnd 10 her Magma Chsrts, and tn
same c,use may help the Irish TO thei
Irish Parliament.
Daily Republican., 1887-01-17
M. sasasli's REFORM Measure.

II the Legislature 10 really DESTROYS
OF ascom plishing reform that will be
Of real benefit 10 the State and which
could be put into practical use In two
years, IL should pass Representative
Mediii's bill to abolish the Levy Court
and have elected instead . board OF
three County Com missioners, similar
20 the Pennsylvania plan. In finan.
clAl point OF view this would save
some $1,000 or 5000 to the county, and
the latter would secure much better
sRvtee; ~ to take the very worst view
OF the case thsre could then only be
three politicians instead OF eleven With
their arms up to their elbows In the
Oonuty's money bags. Another com-
msndipg feature OF the movement 10
that the appointment OF collectors
would DO taken out OF the hands OF the
Levy Courts and even Of the County
Com mIasioners, and the voters OF each
Hundred would be given the privilege
OF electlug their own collector. the lat.
tsr also to be the constables OF the II nu-
dreds. The whole business OF the
county can be more easily and expedi-
ttously atse06ed to by three men d.
ves.ed OF political patronage than by
eleven men with the appointment OF all
the collectors, coustaSles and bridge
tenders on thar hands.
We have but to 60 TO the counties OF
Chester, Lancaster and York In Penn
sylvApia to see the efficiency Of the
work Of only three County Commits
siouers, and no com missioner draws -
much salary rs IL drawn by . Levy
Courtman OF New Cssle County.
Either OF the counties named In Penn
sylvAnia has q population far In excess
even Of New Castle County, and Lam
caster County hAs population greater
THAI the whole State Of Delaware, and
yet tho whole business Of that county IL
faithfully attended to by these three
commissioners. and tbs people OF the
Tesos;lye townships sre per n!ttei to
s..-at thsir svR collectors and consta-
bles.
We hope Mr.. Medlil will press MS
hill with oil tbs earnestpess that ne eAp
command, aud whether the Legislature
adopts or rejse.s his bill he ut any rae
will make q good record IS q refor msr
Daily Republican., 1887-01-17
RUSSELL'S
i" BEE HIVE. "
300 Market Street.

Monday, January 3, we COM
mence our GREAT ANNUAL MARX
DowN AND CLEARING SALE, when
y GU may expect to get Bargains
that will eclipse any we ever
offered.
English SILK Seal Cloth Goats
marked down one-third. Now
is your time to buy at two-third
price. Our loss is your gain.
l lot Of Ladies ga Jackets
70 be sold at halt price.
We have more Hand Bags
left from the holidays than We
want to keep, and have marked
down big line OF 81 to 50 cents
see our 5o-cent bag.
l bale Gray Blankets, have
been this season S2-are now
sI.5o. Splendid White Blank
cts from S down to 81.
The balance Of a lot Of Gents
Scarlet Shirts and Drawers
marked from 81 to Is cents, <
close them out.